Bartolomeo Pagano

Italian motion picture actor of the Silent Era. Before his cinema career, Pagano was a stevedore who worked at the port of Genoa. There, he was discovered and selected to play the role of Maciste, a muscular slave, in the silent movie classic Cabiria in 1914. As the originator of this role, he went on to play the character for the next 14 years in a series of sequels. Pagano became an international star. In the 1920s he was one of the most well paid actors in Italy, receiving up to 600.000 lire a year. The actor retired from films in 1929 to marry and raise a family in his home town of Genoa. He died there, aged 68, and is buried on the family estate in Italy.

Born:

Sep 27, 1878 In Genova, italy

Movie/TV Credits:

25

First Appeared:

In the movie Cabiria 1914-06-01

Latest Project:

Movie Giuditta e Oloferne 1929-01-01